Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1888, Page 16

They are the only bona fide guaranteed all long Havana filler Five Cent cigars. ==T0 CONNOISSEURS SMOKE GRAND "REPUBLIC CIGARROS! See that Factor 200, 3d District New York, is on the box before purchasing, as there are many immitations extant. No cigar of equal quality and smoking merit can be produced for less than fifty percent advance. The economy in these is entirely in the make-up or workmanship. Read testimonials: ’ CRESTON, Ta., Jan, 24, 1888, Messrs. Peregoy & Moore—Gents: We bave #0ld the GRAND REPUBLIC CI- GARROS,manufactured by Geo. P.Leis &Co.,_for the past two years and can only say that we consider thém the hest ‘five cent goods in the market; always the same. Yours truly; | " . CHERRY & BAGLEY. IMOGENE, Ta:, Feb. 1, 1888, Messrs. Peregoy’ & Moore, Council Blufls, Ta.—Gents. Pienue ship us per first express 1,000 GRAND REPUBLIC. .‘CI'G-ARROS, assorted colors. We are put and can't keep shop ‘without *em. * Very-truly, GINGLES & Clo, Petit Londres, SILVER CITY, In., Jan. 6, 1888, PEREGOY & MOORE, Counceil Blufls, In., ‘Gentleman: : We have just given Mr. Sheppard a nice little order for some more GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROS which we think. suits our trade Letter than any cigar we ever handled. Yours, ete., W. G. MOORE & Co. NEBRASKA Ci7Y, Neb., Jan. :21, 1888, Gentlemen:. Replying to yours of the 19th, concerning GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROS, we take pleasure in saying that they give better.satisfaction than any’ nickel goods.we have cver handled. Yours truly, H. C. FREEMAN & Co. Nowrrovrk, Jan. 9, 1888, Messrs. P. & M., Council Bluffs; In.— Gentlemen: We have sold over forty thousand of the GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROS. and find it one-6f the best sellers in the market. - Sales increas- ing.constantly.. Pleas¢ send us three thousand more by express, and eblige, Yours, ete., .SWAYNIE BRos. RED CrOUD, Neb.; Feb. 1,1888, Messrs. Peregoy & Moore; Council Bluffs, Towa—Gentlemen: After a good long trial of . the GRAND. REPUBLIC CIGARROS, I am pleased tb s&y' that they excel'all others. Having purchas- ed them of you ever bh!ce the’y‘ were of- fered to the trade. Have képt them in stock constantly and’ never.lost a tusto- mer that has used. them. spectfully, Yours re- HENRY COOK, SHENANDOAH, Ia., Feb. 2. PEREGOY & MOORE, Couneil Bluffs, Ia. To Whom It May Concern: This is'to certify that we have given the GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROa good trial and find them to be a-good,{ree,easy smoker, and a gaod sellér, and do not hesitate to recommend them in every particular. Very truly yours, ‘WOODFORD BROS, AINSWORTH, Neb., Jan. 18, 1888, PEREGOY & MOOREF; Council Bluffs, Ta. I have sold the GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROS one yoar and a half,and find them one of -the best nickel that Teyer used, cigars SYVER BACKEY. CoIN, IA, Jan. 6,.1888, PEREGOY & MOORE, Council . Bluffs, Towa: Gentlemen: Werhave this day given your Mr. Shepard an order for GRAND REPUBLICCIGARRO. They are the best 5cent goods and the most rapid sellers that we have ever handled. Respectfully, A. ROZELLE. MISSOURI VALLEY,IA., Jan. 30, 1888, MESSRS. PEREGOY & MOORE: Dear Sirs: I have sold your GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROS forabout one year. They are a good and fast seller. I sell more of them than any one brand 1 handle. Alwaysgives general satisfaction Respectfully yours, W. M. HARMON. BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 10,1898, I have. sold the GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARRO for three years. It is the best five-cent cigar I have ever handled. J: Q. HAMILTON, NoRTH BEND, Neb., Jan. 9, 1888 Messrs, PEREGOY & Moonre, Council Blaffs, Ia.: = . B r Gentlemen: During 1887 I have sold over fifty thousand GRAND REPUBLIC CIGARROS, purchased of your house. My sales of this brand verify the statementsof my customerg that the eigarro is Uniform in - quality, and -the best clgars: eéver placed - upon the niarket at the price. : Please send me two thousand (2,000) Colorado by first mail. Yours respectfully, C. B. TREADWELL, ~MARIE ANTOINETTE! This cigar is Cuban made and composed of the finest veulta abajo from the El Repaso district, and are -the best 10c and 8 for 25csold. ‘No dealer should be without them. Send sample order to e " Londres Sublime, : Perfectos, : it $60.00 Per M. ¢ - €6, 62.50 65.00 CRETE, Neb., Ja. 23; 1888, i MEssRS. PEREGOY & MOORE, Councl: . ! Bluffs, Iowa: § Gentlemen: Please ship us by rail , road 10 mille (10,000) GRAND REF LIC CIGARROS, to bo paid for on livery, as it is the best cigar for. money weé have had this yedr, T. . MiLen 8 Qb GRAND ISLAND, Neb. J‘ap. 21, i PEREGOY & MOORE, Council Bl Dear Sirs: Having handled 'G! 5 REPUBLIC CIGARROS” for pastthgeq - years, T unhesitatingly prongunice thefl§ the bost b¢ goods I havo.ever.deal\}y and fully believe them. to ‘be equ - quality of stock to most 100 ¢igars. 2 Respeetfully, F. S. HAZARD, Chemist and druggiste Peregoy & Moore, Agent: COUNCIL. BLUTTS, TS AL 'POINTED - MARCH - BREEZES. & Motrical Measure of Rusty and Toothless Old Saws. i .THE SLUFFIN' OF THE TURK An Eastern Widow in- a - Western Town—Mcthod in His Madness— The Politician and the.Sage . —Gems of Jost. 3 As poor as a chu ¢ Asthin asarailj | As fat as a porpoise, As rough as a galej Asbrave us a lion, ‘A8 spry as a cat; As bright as a sixpence, As weak as a rat. As proud as a peacock, Assly as a fox; As mad as & March hare, As strong as an ox; AIAINI' "t. lily,I 8 empty as'air; A8 rich as Cracsus, As cross as a bear. As pure as an angel, As neat as a pin; As smart as a steel-trap, As ugly as sin; As dead as a door nail, As white as a sheet; As flat as a pancake, As red as a beet. As round as an apple, 'As black as your hat; As brown as a berry, As blind as a bat; As mean as a miser, As full as a tick; As plump as i pariridg As sharp as a stick, As clean as a penny, As dark as a pall; as & millstone, As dry as a ber As deep as a well. As light as a feather, 'As firm as a rock; As stiff as a poker, As calm 08 a clock; As green af a gosling, As brisk as a beey And now let me stop, Lest you weary of e, tuflin A kindergarten teacher who was in the habit of making her pupils learn &hc pames of kings, queens and presi- ents who rule over the principul nations of the earth was telling them pot long since that a new president had ‘been chosen in France—Sadi-Carnot. “Now, children,” she said, ‘,you all remember who was the president of ‘rance before. Itold you lust month. ho was it¥"” “Nobody could remember. Thinking Go‘véemhnd them that it was Grevy, she sald: “Well, his name sounds familiar. ‘What is it you eat with turkey?” And the class, with one accord, shouted out ‘atuffin’l”? A Modest Request. ¥For yoar sake I'd slay dragons Did you order me w; 1"\\):“10 with gian! Vere it but to pleass you." She said, “I'd not ask you Such vast deeds to do, But suppose we go muse o'er An oyster or two,” A Retort. {son dvenue horse car pe- abaut the. an te) who wi 1= .u.al““a'emu'i“rlg:aa" men mid, “That was Nr, | lady, in an excited voi Tell. But what did his wife amount to? Why don’t history mention her?” © 1’11 béta hundred dollars!” cried the “T'11 bet a hundred dollars that'shie sat up half the ‘night before- patching that boy’s trou- sers 80 he’d look decent to go-out!” Method in His Madness. A nine-year-old ‘hoy ‘was thus' ad- dressed one day by his mother, after some visitors had left the house: “Why, how well you behaved, my gon, whilé the callers were in.” Quoth the dutiful son: **T had to, mother, my pants were ripped.” Several Serious Questions. Lady with the shining bair, Holding all the charms and graces, Stately, kind, and passing fair, Could you wash the children’s faces? ‘When the rosy morning bright Paints with gold each roof and spire, Banishing the shudes of night, Could you start the kitchen firet O'er the fields with thee I wander, Summer’s glory overhead; Charmed, I-all thy virtues ponder— But could—ah, could you make good bread? Eyes 80 deeply, truly tender, Clear as water in a pool, Answer my heart's importuning— Have you been to cooking schoolt Incredulous Mamma, A young school-girl--O, mamma! lease mayn't I read romances? Lucy }’onos does, ond she isn't a day older than Iam. I peeped into her book the other day, and the last two lines read, ‘And they were married, and lived happily ever afterwards.’” Mamma---*That wasn't a romance, my dear; it was a fuiry tale.” Not Much. She said not much besides the sea; At set of sun sho sat with me, 1 held hor hand, so fond and free, Thrilled at its touc! Softly I spoke and tenderly, She said not much. ‘We saw the billows como and flee; Oh!tremulous heart and throbbing sea, How near alike they scemed to me! Upon the sands 1 bént my knee, +Oh, wilt thou not my true love be!” “She said, “Not much!” Why She Was Still a Widow. Arvkansaw Traveler: A widow who had come from the cast und established vestern town was visited by iend from the old home, Well, hiow do you like it out here, P way ¢ Not very well.” . eople ire too rough for you?” hey are not only rough—they are peculiar; and, in fact, the men are greatly ove ted.” o “In ‘what way?” “Well, I'll make a plain statement and let you draw your own conclusions. 1 had rend in the newspapers that women were in demand out here, and I natur ally expected some little attention.” 0''Didn’t you receive it?” **Wait until I get through with my statement, please. I boughtine a light- colored wig, got a new set of teeth, had my glass eye ro;_vm.'cd.gud plunged into the maud whirl of societ¥. That was six wonths ago, and T am still a wido-.a “Pretty bad, I must adwit; but fda't yot get any proposals?’” *One.” “Why didn’t you take him?"” “Iufluenced too much by appearance: doubtless. Perhaps Idid wrong in r jecting him, but I was girlish in my no- tions. He had only one leg, was al- most blind, wee undoubtedly addicted to the use of liquor,was in. debt, swore con- siderable, chowed navy tobacco, und was & great laem" erss %y e L Mety. & ‘Washington Céitle: *“Have you sny home?" she. asked of a young man -in Washington for a few days, “Soeial attractions?’ he replied, with 4 hurt sound in his.voice. **Social attractions? Well, I.should smile. We've got eighteen saloons and twelve keno -parlors, aud. about forty other joints, where you've got to hustle | to keep up with the procession.”” Trying a New Style. Merchant Traveler: ~*Young man,” said the bank president to an npqlicmn for employment, ‘‘do you smoke?” “Yes, Hi,l‘;” % “Under adequate provocation.” “Play poker?” s *‘Yes,siry quie tly among friends.” “Drink ™y “Occasionally.” “‘Bet on horse races?”’ “When I get a good tip.” The president scratched his head and 10q§cd thoughtful.. After a a pause, he said: “Young man, you just turn in and try our hand nt being cashier of this bank or awhile.” A Quarter Interest. Washington Critic. “I have an interest in that young man,” remarked a congressman 10 & frend as a slim went by. “Indeed!” “Yes; a quarter interest.” ““How's that?” “I lent him twenty-five cents along last fall.” The Politician and the Sage. An Ambitious Politician went to a Sage once upon a time, and said: h, Wise Man, I want Advice. How ure the Nomination for Gov- use it to be Published brondeast in the Land that you Positively decline to run,’” was the answer.’ A few weeks later the Politician re- turned with Woeful look, and Reproach- fully said: I took your Advice Tho Peoplé thought T was Honest in my Declination, and so Nominated An- other.” “Then you ean console yourself with the Reflection that it is the first time a Politician was ever Credited with Hon- esty,” said the old man as he returned to his Sage busiuess. The Lime Kiln Club, Detroit Free Pr “I hold heah in my hand,” said Brother Gardner, us the meeting opened, “a letter from Cin- cinnati axin if dis club believes in the Darwin theory. De sekretary will re- ply dat wo doan’ blieve in nuffin’ of de sort. It'sagin de bible us well as good common senses, Dis club aims to size up a man about as follers: +1, His great gran’fadder may hev bin a baboon, but will he lift his end of de log? “2, His great gran'mudder may hev. bin ap alligator, but does Le eat wid his knife? g, His uncle may hev bina buffalo, but will dis candydate pay his dues prompuf'? 3 ‘4. All his back relashuas may hev had wings and called buzzards, but does dis pusson buy his own tobacker? “When enter a street kyar we am not trubbled about whar the hioss cum from, or in'what state de driver was bo'n, or who made the kyar. De only queshun wid us is: Will de sad-eyed driver manage to elucidate dat quinine to our destinashun? It 18 de same in regard to " 'We doan’ ask if a candydate’s lufl: riv & mulo or owned a ware- houso. “Do queshua is on do vandydate and am Teft. PEPPERMINT DROPS. "Green goods" roadily fing verdant pur- chasers. rakt The greatest drawback' to tobogganing is the draw back. The deaf man finds some .consolation in the hape of a hear-after, Men are mostly fools, but it isn't wise to try to prove it to them, Don’t judge by appearances. A brand new coat may cover a wire dummy. Now that spring lamb is in the market Mr." Gould is anxious to get back home, Ithsn’t always. the man who gets the most tickets printed that gets the electlon, The dirt on_a politishan’s hands most al- :]\;u_\'s rubs -off onto the legislation he "han- s, 1t was a bald_headed man who originated the motto: *‘There's plenty of room at the top.! The man who never loses his head is prob- ilbl)' the man that hasn’t ‘much of a head to ose. When a man is in reduced circumstances he generally finds that circumstances accu- mulate, The more heated the discussion be- tween friends the cooler their subsequent re- lations, Joe Cook says he would rather live among the Sioux than in Sioux City, He can be easily suited. 1t 18 characteristic of our frail human na- ture to prefer to be taken for anything rather than a fool. ‘‘What are you building now, Johnny?” “A harem, sir.” ‘A harem{" “Yes, sir, 8 place to keep my hares in.” “What kind of tobacco 18 this? asked the customer; long cut or fine cuti” ‘‘Copnecti- cut,” replied the dealer, ‘Whenever & man gives you advice, ask him to loan you a dollar. You will then find out what his advice is worth, A new and unknown kind of maple sugar is to be introduced in Chicago this scason, 1t will be made of real meple sap. The Worcester Gazette remarks that “the oyster is not what he used tobe.” He cer- ¢ is not apt to be if he is kept too long. Tt is said that Diogenes could sleep soundly even in a tub, and it is hinted that the old man had policeman’s blood ruuuning through his veius, The prisoner being asked whether he struck the man in the heat of passion, re- plied: “No, struck him in the pit of the stomach.” “What a picturesque little cottage! A ver- itable Swiss chalet.” “A Swiss shall he, do you call itt To my mind it's more like an Irish shan’t he.” Hens make a great mistake in laying so ¢ eggs in the summer when eggs are heap and taking a vacation when eggs are cents a dozen. Little Johnny—Pa, do actors walk and talk like human beings when they are off the stage! Pa—Yes, my son—as you say, when they are off the stage. Perseverance is a great clement of success; but the trouble with the railroad restaurant steak is that most travelers ouly have about fifteen minutes to persevere. Where one dollar 18 returned to the treas- ury of the United States by a man with a conscience, a million dollars ‘are kept out by men who huve no conscience, Colonel Mosby, of guerrilla fame, is making money practicing law in California. Practicing law is as uear as a man can cowme in times of peace to being a guerrilla. There are a good many people who are ab- solutely sure that they could make an undy- ing literary reputation for themselves if they could only think of something to say. There are certainly some great advantages in being connected with a newspaper. For instance, an Ohio editor has just nominated himself for president of the United States. He was talking to a Kentucky audience on the subject of the tariff. Said he: ‘“Take whisky, for instance,”’ when every man in the audience arose with the remark: “Thank you; don’t care if Ido,” and the lecturer iw.! to stana treat or die. A work on etiquette says: “A genteel carver always 8its when he carves.” Per- haps he does, but it is pretty certain that there are times when he yearnfully yearns to put one foot on the table and the other on the bird while struggling with the fowl. Bill Collector—'‘How often have I got to climb up five flight of stairs with- this bill?" “‘How do I know?! You don't exicécet me to rent the parlor flat just to accommodate my. shabby creditors, do you? No, sir, not.unless they advance me money to pay the rent.” .. ‘Burdette says: Tn Kentucky} they call you “*Colonel;” in Indiana, “Squire” is” a conpli- mentary. salutation. They hail the stranger as “Governor,” in'Kansas, and when .you get off the train at Sult Lake city the' hotel agent shouts, “This way, Bishop. y pnb g HONEY FOR THE LADIES. sackeloth this year will ‘be chin- nmed with fur. Pointed. caps_at the top of slceves and epaulettes remain in favor. Mrs. Krupp, widow of the .great gun- maker, has an income of §125,000, High_standing. collars to gowns divide favor with logv and rolling collars. Old rose plush is'a favorite trimming ma- terial for white China silk dresses, The new spring goods show a revival of the heliotrope shades so fashionable eighteen months ago. . Japan boasts a phenomenal giantess. She is twelve yearsof age, eight feet high and weighs 275 pounds. Green in ‘all save in grass and window- blind shades, is_a long favorite for both spring gowns and bonnets. The fashion of thick bodices with skirts and draperies of- tulle, gauze, veiling of mus- lin s steadily gaining ground. Gold embroidery with serpent grecn vel- vet is the trimming much affected for the Tosea hat in fine green straw. Let a woman busy herself with hammer and nails, and it _is usually dificultjto de- termine what she is driving at. Mitchell, D. T, has a female dentist who advertises that she “‘by the use of gas ex- tracts teeth with great pains.” The large quantity of yellow shades nsed in spring millinery makes it very becoming to brunettes and k'rench blondes. The original of Rider Haggard's “She" is said to_be the queen of Tongaland, with whom England has just cempleted a treaty. Short wraps have much the same genor: features as those of last season, with, ho ever, some noticeable changes of outline. Hester Morris, of Wyoming territory, is said to have been the first woman in the country to be appoiuted justice of the peace. Bonnets of poppy-red tulle are only suited to the youngest and freshest faces, and even on them should be coufiued to afternoon wear. Mrs, Whitney and the Misses West, daugh- tersof Minister West, ure the champion walkers among the society ladies of Wash- ington. Mrs. Quiney Sl of Boston, has for eight years spent £50,000 a year for the support of free kindergartens in the poorest quarters of that city. Gold in every line—bright, dull, red, yel- low, burnished, tarnished—what you will— is the distinctive feature of new Parisian willinery. Striped wool jerseys, with sailor blouse front, fitted back and deep sailor colar, are pretty neglige corsages for wearing out partly worn skirt ‘Women carpenters have appeared in Lon- don. When one thinks about it, there is nothing ir a carpenter’s trade that a woman cannot master, Light reseda for the lower skirt, with basque and drapery or else polonaise of dark olive green, is @ favorite combination for spring cloth suits, . For travelling wear soft striped woolens, or homespuns in tints of gray. Suede or gobelin blue,are chosen by ladies whose taste is unimpeachable, The Tosca mantle to match the Tosca hat is very short. at the back with long slender fronts, and quite covered with many rows of lace or jet, or both, Mr. Labouchere's pretty correspondent, who writes “Girls' Gossip,” says that all the nice people are poor, and wlmost all the bor- rid ones “beastly rich.” Robert (who was at the office late last night)—My dear, have you seen anything of my boots?™ She (sweetly)—Yes, love, they are down here on the bat rack, A shoulder c:r. with long scarf ends, that are knotted in'the front, and fall below the knee, is o new epring wrap both graceful and styiian if -umuf.y_gu Mme, Brumidl of Wi . things in this world to hear .a young woman and handsome woman, is proud fo own . that she sat for the ‘model.of Freedom in the fresco adorning the dome of the capitol. Very new bonnets are of buckram; blacl, white or colered, with the new gold passe- mentorle in'leaf designs sewn thickly over it; or else gold filigree or fine “gold spangles. Black lace hats and .bonnets aro high in favor for half-soason wear, and are bright- . ened by a cluster- of velvet jonquils or pan- ‘s)xcl with golden hearts, or a gold-colored oW, Ttis alwaysoneof the really intercsting express her candia -opinion of. the ether young woman whom her husband might have married. Miss Helen Taylor, step-daughter of John Stuart Mill, who is expected shortly to ar- rive in this country, is a devoted friend of the Irish cause. . She is an authority upon education, 3 Gowns ~ of suede and pale gray cloth, trimmed with gold cord and uetwark, laid over white moire, have been sent out by leading houses for wear in Washington and at the southi. A fashion of last summer and autumn is likely to be rgvived this season, that of wear- ing tailor-made ‘skirts' of Euglish cheviot, figured in small, neat plaids, with a bodice of a ghin color, f in-one Kentucky town there are 125 sin- gle women and only seventy-seven single men,what may be the stato of affairs in other parts of the Commonwealth! Are we not on the verge of bigamy? Lace is now used as a skirt trimming in flat, lengthwise bands in double rows, with the points meeting under a button or bow and the plain edge hidden by & pleat of the gown stuff overlapping it. Small buttons of gilt and silyer, cloth covered and silk crochet. are used for fasten- ing waistcoats and decorating the cuffs and collars of dresses that are trimmed with gold, silver, silk or mohair braid. The saddess of sights a mortal secs, Which the most bLardened feelings would hurt, Is the cross-eyed girl of uncertain age ‘Who is doing her best to flirt. Mrs. Sarah Elmira Shelton, rwho died re- cently at Richmond, Penn., achieved immor- tality through the fact that she was once the afanced wife of Edgar Allen Poe. Likethe Raven, she said, “Nevermore,"and he never- more A city girl, writing to her cousin in the said she thought it might be ui enough on a farm in the summertime,but she didn't imagine it wus very pleasant in tho winter when they had Lo harvest the winter wheat and plek the winter apples. wa chere, there is, believe me, gravating as a jealous husband: but the you know, I cannot imagine anything so hu: iliating as a husband Wwho s 1ot s0.” Probably no_cotillion in this country has equalled in splendor that recently given in Paris by Madame Oyague of South Awerica. Among the favors were sunshades cov with real lace, real fur boas, gold pencils, ex- sensive faus, and other substantial kuick- nacks. Alice Munt years of nge, ents, living in ac, Tnd., seventeen er grandpar- n Ohio town 165 miles distant Her parents refused their permission, but the girlran away and started on foot for her destination, which, at last accounts, she had not reached. A costume that sounds startling and looks ravishing 18 of blue green cloth over & white cloth skirt, both h ily braided with dull gold in long graceful patt and the bodice of both materials—a blue green left front lapping far acros that was quite covered with the golden braid- ing. A few days ago a y who lives in Washington, Yolo across the bridge, came ov hous in Sacramento. They drepped a postal | card to the city editor asking a mention of the social event, and bacause he- failed 10 put it in the paper the Record-Uuion has lost one subscribier, B Mrs. Manderson, wife of the senator from Nebraska, 18 one of the most popular women fn Washington soclety. She is rather tali, plump, straight, and five looking, has u clear and rosy copplexion, aud.is noted for her vivacity. . . Manderson' i an -Ohio rl, and comos {row one of the oldcst fai- ies in e state. - ) ml' [T mnu}qmu and | Snorter this weck,” says that. Arlzona temporary, “hecause ourwite hud a baby Sunday ana we had-to stay - home on Mou to keep the nurse from lighting out when found it was triplets. If any. subseriber beat three of a. kind this year he gots Boomer freo for stx months.’ p The favorite dresses for eldorly wome made of moire for the skirt and of' Hi cloth, cashmere, China- silk, bengalige, surah for the polonaise, and the polonajse 1 : the favorite form of upper garment and draps eries forold ludies, ~‘The colors prefe are scal and Haven browns, dark ank ol grecns, Gobelin blues and black § Thoe new ginghams for the incoming gef son are flner fn’ finish, coloring, and comb] tions of braided and barred ef than hi béen seen for years. Indeed, the o semble the new plaided silks that'are bn& ont for parts of costumes and the bands,ol cellars, ana decorative effccts of tea gow: that are made of two palo neutral tint Somebody has figured out mnmm‘hmr“ ¥ lawyers. in the United States number fo five, and they are to be found In Ioi¥a, Missouri, 2; Miuh!g{un.d‘ Utah terrif 13,. 5 District of Columbia, 8; Majne, 13 Qbld," ¢ Tllinois, 7; Wisconsin, 5: Indiana, 83 . 8; Minnesota, 1 (from JTowa); C }z{ni Connecticut, 1; Mlssw‘hunul{a. 1; T Washington territory, 13 Pennsyivanie, ‘One of the notable features of fasl this year will be the gradual dillw of bridesmalds from weddings.” ell, ably there are few ‘bridesmalds who et this if it hgppens. B\‘ how @l 1) ressmakers and jewelers, d thy “h army of mothers with daughters o) hands! If bridesmaids are to be abol the marriage market will be largely aff for the worse. i 1t in & new fancy in tallor gownsto hawi the front breadth and waiscoat of some : tint of cloth, while the back and breadths, the bodice and slesves are cloth, For instance, chamois and blue, chamois and tapestry green, coach drab and red, y and seal browp a) bined in such kowns, tho decoratly being supplied by pinked out Vandy] revers metal hmi&a and buttons. As is the case with the sex in all tfo) countries, Mexican womanhood com At the age of twelve the senor khowing, At fourteen she is matufe. sixtoon she is ready to take up the dutics married life. At twenty ]Ilmfhs\:hu to be. Jlump: At twenty-five sho feels the peo Rrh to asstst nuturs. At (hirty she g“ug 1o be interesting for hop beauty. oo m! flesh, with consequent coursencss, is usual trouble A pretty spring gown has a plain_pet! of scal-brown plush and drapéries pf mi s cloth, the e ;7nnf which e} ishied with pinked scallops, = Tbe, ‘short and not very full. The bodicq ) ladies' cloth, with a plush \‘u set bencath pinked edges of the clét! the back ure set two square tabs of the ,‘n? the edgos of the postillion folds of the" clot coming over tham gnd permitting tl appear beneath the pinking. The figuring on the India and Chips row larger and more ec ric ay 080 Savances. Somo are flowered in 1 u’o,‘?fl 5 all-over jardiniere patterns, others have leaf and fun desigus, sleigh bolls, qreu?n dots, clusters, stripes and bars of dots, ch links, overlapping vings, forked lightn streaks, loose-lying grasses in vanishing e les, moons, and Greek and Orien fieus, and almost every figure wud Gowd puttern that can be concoiv 2 Mme, Modjeska is winning laurels by manner in _ which she plays Tmogen Shukes “Cymbel A very gol critic says of the perfor: xm-nn.m“l‘:afg al grasp of the chavacter is thorough, ry phase of tho ¢ linarily vari i gamut of fecling through which Tmogs was portrayed with remarkable and in many instances with wol v and beauty. The poetr, s’ never for a mouicnt lost, was not alwiys cxgr L3 e Life Insurance com ts poliey holders during va years of its existcnce ove 000,000, 1t has l'ccoivemn 1 in the shape of. premiums 8302, uné holds a great family fund to future cluims smouativg o W18, e Yo !